#552D2C#552D2C

#552D2C is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.059 H 22.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552D2C
RGB	rgb(85, 45, 44)
HSL	hsl(1, 32%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(1, 48%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.1%, 48.2%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.64, 18.21, 8.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.64, 20.20, 25.64°)
OKLab	oklab(34.87% 0.0548 0.0222)
OKLCH	oklch(34.87% 0.059 22.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.1396, 3.9904, 2.8819)
Luminance	0.0399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552D2C #2C5455

analogous

#552C3F #552D2C #55412C

triadic

#552D2C #2C552D #2D2C55

tetradic

#552D2C #3F552C #2C5455 #412C55

square

#552D2C #3F552C #2C5455 #412C55

split-complementary

#552D2C #2C5541 #2C3F55

monochromatic

#140B0A #2D1817 #552D2C #7D4241 #A65856

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.68

#552D2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#552D2C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552D2C

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552D2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552D2C	1.00	11.68	1.80	11.68
#FFFFFF	11.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#36332C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F3B2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C282D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552d2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 45, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.059 22.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876665',
    500: '#552d2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552d2c;
$custom-light: #876665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552d2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.463,
    "s": 31.783,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34868,
    "c": 0.05914,
    "h": 22.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552D2C

secondary

#568687

accent

#C5C860

background

#F8F6F6

surface

#F0EBEB

border

#CBC6C6

text

#0B0605

muted

#7C7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #552D2C

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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